Entertainment

1 comments Twenty-two years since last touring with the legendarily flamboyant frontman David Lee Roth, a band known for its over-the-top guitar work has reunited for an international tour that's coming to...

0 commentsAccording to Hot Legs Hoologan, a member of the Atlanta Rollergirls, this is the attraction of women's roller derby: "It's one of the few opportunities for women to be physically aggressive and test...

12 commentsYes, it's true...the Boss is coming. Billboard is reporting that Bruce Springsteen's 2008 tour schedule includes a stop at the John Paul Jones area on April 30, the last show on his schedule. And it...

1 comments Yesterday, Billboard reported that two of the best-selling artists in country music will team up for a Charlottesville show sometime "early next year" after January 31. Both Keith Urban and Carrie...

3 comments While he gears up for the one-night-only reunion concert at London's O2 Arena December 10, guitarist Jimmy Page fueled speculation of a full-fledged Led Zeppelin tour when he recently told Guitar...

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We have some bad news– John McCutcheon is saying adieu to Charlottesville. Even worse, he actually said it a year ago and disappeared without telling anyone!
Last fall, McCutcheon realized...

1 commentsLook out, Howie Long. Charlottesville's got a new celebrity truck spokesperson, or, more accurately, saxperson. Just like the football great has been selling Chevys for the last three years, Dave...

2 commentsAlthough it has been widely expected for weeks, an official from Dave Matthews-Coran Capshaw-owned ATO Records confirmed to Billboard this morning that the English rock band signed a deal with TBD...

1 commentsA columnist for the Virginian-Pilot believes he's found the reason why his neck of the woods is getting bypassed by the big concerts which have contributed to Charlottesville's "entertainment...

7 commentsIn addition to a great headline (Wrapped Around Your Billfold: The Police in Charlottesville) and a general thumbs-up for The Police concert on Tuesday night, Style Weekly's music reviewer Brent...

2 comments The Police concert at JPJ Tuesday night lived up to its billing: a reunion concert that featured all the hits.
As Andy Summers strode onstage picking the familiar opening riff from "Message in a...

0 comments While fans are having to pay the big bucks to hear them open for the Police tonight, up-and-coming rockers Fiction Plane gave Charlottesville a freebie this afternoon when they recorded an exclusive...

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Back on September 10, it was the biggest news in town: The Police– the tour of the year, according to Pollstar mag editor Gary Bongiovanni in our recent cover story on local music venues...

4 comments I just found this special section I built with Bill Ramsey back in 2001 at C-ville Weekly. One of my fondest memories of working there was the day Bill and I pitched (while we air-guitared to the...

9 commentsAfter unleashing "Tom @ 107.5" on the Charlottesville radio market three weeks ago, Monticello Media continued its revamping lineups of the former Clear Channel stations by replacing, at 5pm today, a...

3 commentsThe people running two "fun-filled trains" that'll roll into town tomorrow and Sunday are looking for 750 people to volunteer to welcome the tourists to downtown.
What's in it for the greeters? Uh, a...

0 comments A Staunton grand jury has determined that a local businessman might be a felon for purveying smut to the unsuspecting citizens of that elegant city on a hill.
According to a report tonight on NBC29...

10 comments Whether Barack Obama (D) ultimately becomes President of the United States, the senator from Illinois has already made history in Charlottesville. At his Monday night rally at the Charlottesville...